Mid July, Gas/Fuel Rationing?

Words on the farm, on the street...

A friend stopped by this morning, on his way home from town. He had just filled up a 200 gallon tank with farm diesel at $4.35, up a dime from last week. He said the distributor told him that starting on July 17, they would be allotting fuel to the distributors, & the amount he receives could be cut by up to 50% of what he normally buys.

My dad owned a gas station in the 1970s, so I remember how he could never get enough gasoline from his distributor to last between deliveries. The distributor was only allowed to sell him so much at a time, and it was never as much as he needed. He would limit the amount that his customers could buy to 5 or 10 (can't remember exactly) gallons per purchase to try to make it last longer. Most stations would be out of gas for half the week or so, and the ones that did have gas would have long lines waiting to get some.